News: PC Gamer Interview Higby Talks Player Power

[Silverbullet]

Theres really nothing new here but heres the link:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/06/so...g-to-everyone/

[Raymac]

Interesting soundbites there. It's basically the "too many chefs in the kitchen" logic which proves to be true time and again. Case in point, the duck-billed platypus was designed by committee and that thing is a total clusterfuck.

[Hamma]

Promoting to news thread - good find

[2coolforu]

Release early next year O

[Bags]

Planetside 2 will be released early next year. SOE are being careful not to "break promises."

[Legion]

I like how he said that was what beta testing was for, but what about after retail? Will there be a test server like EVE?

[Mod]

"The quickest way to fail, I think, is trying to be everything to everyone."

i.e. for the love of god be careful when making changes that it isn't just the biggest complainer that gets listened to and a 'bigger picture' view is taken.

[SwiftRanger]

If PC Gamer holds up its traditions then several noteworthy quotes in the interview will be highlighted in newsposts spread across multiple days before the actual interview is online.

[Lartnev]

Matt admits that it’s important to keep players happy, but insists that developers must maintain a clear vision during development: “The quickest way to fail, I think, is trying to be everything to everyone."

Quoted for friggin truth! Stick to your guns developers: it's your game build it your way. We, the community, may point out many shining paths but it should be the game that decides which one to follow.

Then again EverQuest had its fabled Vision™ as well

[Rbstr]

Originally Posted by Raymac

Interesting soundbites there. It's basically the "too many chefs in the kitchen" logic which proves to be true time and again. Case in point, the duck-billed platypus was designed by committee and that thing is a total clusterfuck.

Dude, it's one of the oldest mammals in existence. It can sting you and it fucks you right the fuck up.

[Hamma]

"Planetside 2 will be released early next year. SOE are being careful not to "break promises."

I didn't even see that in the caption.. interesting.

Originally Posted by SwiftRanger

If PC Gamer holds up its traditions then several noteworthy quotes in the interview will be highlighted in newsposts spread across multiple days before the actual interview is online.

[Shogun]

oh they have...

the vanu max has a duke nukem shrink gun and after it has hit a soldier the max appears larger as a bfr to the victim ;-)
remember the tr dwarf in the screenshot?

[2coolforu]

Originally Posted by Rbstr

Dude, it's one of the oldest mammals in existence. It can sting you and it fucks you right the fuck up.

Duck billed platypus has a venomous barb of which the sting is generally considered to be the most painful thing on Earth and doesn't respond to morphine. (Ultimate dickmove)

[Mastachief]

Originally Posted by Legion

I like how he said that was what beta testing was for, but what about after retail? Will there be a test server like EVE?

Planetside had a test server its was used pretty regularly

[Aractain]

Which resulted in massive OSes at the XP fountains.